handon
Skill0 starsChanged 4 months agoMITView on GitHub
Run the `/handon` workflow for the current repository. Use when the user says `/handon`, "handon", "continue from last time", "restore context", or asks to resume work from repo-local handoff files without relying on prior chat history.
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- SuShuheng/making-thingstheir own version, first seen Jul 16, 2026
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- SuShuheng/making-things★ 1same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository4 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- handoff-handonSkill
- handoffSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
8 rules. About 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈5
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
3
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 12
Read these files when present:
- Very specific: line 32
If docs/HANDOFF/CURRENT.md is missing, say exactly:
- Very specific: line 45
If the user expected cross-machine continuity, remind them that /handoff writes repo-local files only.
- Very specific: line 49
If the current branch differs from the branch recorded in CURRENT.md, stop and ask for confirmation before modifying files.
- Distinctive: line 51
If local uncommitted changes exist, say that local uncommitted changes were detected and summarize first.
- Distinctive: line 55
Keep the first response brief.
- Distinctive: line 68
When responding in Chinese, end with the natural equivalent of "we can continue now."
- Distinctive: line 72
Wait for explicit confirmation such as "start", "continue", or "go ahead" before modifying code.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Handon
Restore project context from repo-local handoff files. Do not modify code during the first response.
Read First
Read these files when present:
AGENTS.md
docs/HANDOFF/CURRENT.md
docs/HANDOFF/DECISIONS.md
docs/HANDOFF/TODO.md
README.mdThen check:
git status
git branch --show-current
git log --oneline -5Missing Handoff
If docs/HANDOFF/CURRENT.md is missing, say exactly:
No handoff file found.
Expected:
docs/HANDOFF/CURRENT.md
Handon cannot restore the previous project state from handoff.You may infer context from README, git log, and TODO only after clearly labeling it as inference.
If the user expected cross-machine continuity, remind them that /handoff writes repo-local files only. The previous machine must commit and push docs/HANDOFF/ or otherwise sync those files before /handon can restore context here.
Branch Or Local Changes
If the current branch differs from the branch recorded in CURRENT.md, stop and ask for confirmation before modifying files.
If local uncommitted changes exist, say that local uncommitted changes were detected and summarize first. Do not modify files until the user confirms.
Response Format
Keep the first response brief. Return one compact summary, optional next steps, and a warm continue cue:
I read the handoff. We are currently [one-sentence objective]. Last time, [one-sentence completed work]. The main remaining point is [one-sentence blocker/risk/next task].
Next:
1. ...
2. ...
3. ...
Ready to continue.When responding in Chinese, end with the natural equivalent of "we can continue now."
Mention local uncommitted changes in one short sentence when present. Include key file names only when they are necessary for the next action.
Wait for explicit confirmation such as "start", "continue", or "go ahead" before modifying code.
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